Closing Roxham Road Border Crossing Will Not Stop Arrival of Asylum Seekers: Trudeau

The end of Roxham Road where thousands of asylum seekers have crossed in Hemmingford, Quebec, on March 20, 2020. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

Closing an unofficial border crossing in southern Quebec will not slow the arrival of asylum seekers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

“If we close Roxham Road, people will cross elsewhere,“ he told reporters in Ottawa. ”We have an enormous border, and we’re not going to start arming or putting fences on it.”